Hello dear friends, First, let me take this moment to thank you for your prayers, well-wishes friendhip and yourlove. AS we know, we have shared real and genuinestuff over th e years. I ‘vd often said, and just recently in fact that if I ever got cancer, I would go within to see what it has to tell m. we’ll see where that goes, but I am willing to heal. This morning while lying in the CTscan I worked wth forgiveness toward long-held grievances. My life will certainly be changing over th next few days and weeks, but while it is somewhat scary and up in the air, at the same time my overall feeling Is What’s next? I feel that I sill have a lot left to do in this life! Stay tuned… it is surreal to even contemplate if I can dfo the same job or what Today, are you willing to Be as Love created you? A Course in Miracles tells me that it is not my task to seek for love but to seek instead, within myself, the barriers to the awareness of Love’s presence. The obstacles to knowing myself as Love are guilt, unworthiness and self-judgment. Often we attempt to put whipped cream on crap, and by that I mean that we can quote spiritual words, and affirm spiritual truth as a substitute for going deep within to look at these feeling of guilt and unworthiness. We can be fearful of going deep but when we do, we find that none of the judgments we have made about ourselves are true. Spiritual words become tools for transformation when we are willing to apply them in our daily walk. In my willingness to be as God created me, I let go of self-judgment. I often ask Holy Spirit to reveal to me what I have forgotten, to reveal to me what I have kept hidden. Until we are willing to have what is hidden brought to the light, we walk in the world with something we’re unaware of directing our lives. So let’s look at guilt. Where does guilt come from? Well, the short answer is that it comes from me. I’m the one who judges myself as guilty. You are the one who judges you as guilty. Recently I’ve been directed to NTI 2 Thessalonians that speaks to us about self-judgment and guilt. I will teach you to see the world that you see differently, by teaching you to see yourself through new eyes. “I have told you that you see the world through the filter of your mind. This filter through which you see is your own judgment and belief about you. As this filter is changed, all that you see is changed, because the lens through which you see is made new.” See, when I’m willing to see myself as God created me, then, I must see a different world. When I look at the world through the lens of guilt and unworthiness, then, I must judge other people and see them as guilty along with me. I’ve often said that we relate, react and respond to other people, and the world, based on how we feel about ourselves. With willingness to look deeply at this, we see that it is true. We’re being asked to look at the unworthiness and guilt in our mind and be willing to let it go. We cannot relinquish what we are unwilling to look at. Ego’s goal, being the voice of separation, is to teach us: You Are Guilty! The goal of Spirit is to reveal to us our innocence. To let go of guilt, we must first be willing to let go of the belief in guilt, which means that we must be willing to see no one as guilty. “Remember that you are the vessel through which God’s Love pours into the world. Be willing to put aside the last remaining obstacle that blocks the conduit of Love that you are. This is a time of freedom for you and all the world. Take this step in joy, for it is the step of freedom.” You are the vessel through which Love pours into the world. When we begin to take this seriously instead of seeing it as simply nice words on a page – You and I are vessels for Love, and Love can not flow from a vessel that’s clogged with guilt, unworthiness and feelings of being not good enough. It’s also helpful to look at the judgments I make toward others. A friend sent me an email recently lamenting some aspects of the “spiritual community”, and I got into it too until I heard the Inner Voice say, “Sheryl, focus on your own healing.” That stopped me in my tracks. No matter what other people are doing, my purpose to is to focus on my own healing. And the way I do this is to be willing to let Spirit Within look with me at my guilt, and look with me at my judgments. When I do this, the world really does begin to look different. I sometimes here people talk about “the illusion” as in referring to the world we live in, however, the Course teaches that “illusions” are simply misperceptions abut myself. Guilt and judgment are illusions, not reality. Holy Spirit, Help me use this problem to bring me closer to You. Help me to not use it as another distraction pushing you further away. Thank You. Life is a classroom where everything can be used to set us free. I’ve created these situations as tools for awakening. I’m not a victim of anything. As I recognize this, the deep inner work becomes fun. I heard a message the other day that said the slow way is the fast way. That really spoke to me because it’s always been obvious to me that while the spiritual way is not the fast way, it is the only way. Be willing to let all things be exactly as they are. Spirit can use everything as a lesson in forgiveness. I’ve seen this in my own life, I have learned to like myself as I am and have a level of peace with myself. However, it’s not that I don’t fall into moments of guilt and unworthiness, but I rarely stay there very long. When I can keep the goal in mind to know myself as Love, rather than defining myself by numbers on the scale, then ultimately the weight will be released, as I will no longer need it. Ego uses the body to keep us feeling guilty and wrong. With willingness to remember that I am as God created me, with willingness to do the deeper inner work, I bring others along with me because we are never healed alone. It’s time to stop beating up on yourself, and focusing on your limitations. It’s time to stop feeling frustrated because we still have issues to work with, instead, simply ask for help. Help with be provided. God meets us where we are. And here is a song by Karen drucker She sings: I will be gentle with myself. I will hold myself like a newborn baby child I will be tender with my heart, And I will only go as fast as the slowest part of me feels safe to go. I will be easy on myself, and I will love myself like a newborn baby child. I am gentle with myself. As you go about your life this week, remember that the slow way is the fast way. Be gentle with yourself. I love you.
Posted on: Tue, 09 Jul 2013 23:56:58 +0000
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